When I wrote about the potential problem in scoring with the "I give up" button, I was wishing that someone would answer by showing a way that it could be done. I would enjoy playing "competitively" and still occasionally beg for a clue when my brain started to sizzle and burn. Nowadays, I just play as a guest, because sometimes I want to ask for hints.

why couldn't it be counted the same as any other "pass" when we give up and go on to another question (just counts against our time and earns no points)?
it's the same thing, isn't it? just with a look at the answer.

I'm still fairly new to this site, so when I asked the question "what about an 'I quit' button, I didn't completely understand how complicated it would be. I thought it was just a coding chore. But since we can just 'pass' and get another puzzle, we are really just 'quitting'. So seems like it would be simple to just show the solution before passing us on to the next puzzle, all other scoring issues remain the same, no?